I recently read an article on leadership and the need for godly ambition.  While it stated some things that I didn’t totally agree with (that it’s okay to be seen as arrogant if it’s coupled with ambition) I would agree that we as Christ-followers need to be ambitious in our faith.  Not only do we need to put in work to grow in our faith so that we do not become stagnant Christians, but Christ has given his followers a task to fulfill, to ‘go and make disciples’ (Matthew 28:19-20).

So what does “godly ambition” look like?  My wife and I have four children and our youngest, Kelly, who is two now, is at the stage where she constantly follows people around copying what they do.  Most often you’ll find her following her older brother who is three doing everything he does, whether it’s talking, jumping, or climbing the kitchen cabinets.  She wants to be just like her big brother.  But how often do we as Christians find ourselves doing the same thing with Jesus?  I think I’m safe in guessing not as often as we should.

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So look at your home, your workplace, even your church.  Who are the “greatest” among you according to God’s standards?  How many people do you know who put others ahead of themselves?  Are you one of those people?  As a pastor I’ve learned that many people will easily give a complaint, few are willing to give a solution.  If you are a follower of Christ the places you live, work, and worship should be better places because you are there.  If there’s a problem you should find a way to be part of the remedy.  The presence of God living in and through you should improve the people and situations around you as you learn to put others ahead of yourself just as Christ did.  It’s a paradox that’s hard to grasp, but as we look to God’s Word for how to live I hope we’ll begin to see lives transformed.